“I had to bear this burden”: Youth transcending constraints to become farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India
In the context of a wider trend in India of young people’s reluctance to pursue farming as an occupation, the experience of young farmers in Madhya Pradesh provides evidence to the contrary. This case study of two districts in Madhya Pradesh suggests that several young farmers, given a choice, would...
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| author | Narayanan, Sudha |
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| description | In the context of a wider trend in India of young people’s reluctance to pursue farming as an occupation, the experience of young farmers in Madhya Pradesh provides evidence to the contrary. This case study of two districts in Madhya Pradesh suggests that several young farmers, given a choice, would rather engage in agriculture as a full-time activity. In this, the main barriers for young farmers are in the form of larger constraints such as water availability, the quality of land, and these farmers’ limited ability to expand farm size through land purchase. To be sure, several young farmers feel stuck in agriculture and are waiting to find off-farm jobs. Even for this group of farmers, however, agriculture seems to provide a fallback option, in a context where these off-farm jobs are difficult to obtain and often are of poor quality. As in many other contexts, significant differences exist between young men and women in terms of their aspirations to become farmers and their ability to fulfill these aspirations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1400572025-02-24T06:47:21Z “I had to bear this burden”: Youth transcending constraints to become farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India Narayanan, Sudha youth employment farmers youth water availability agriculture livelihoods land rural areas In the context of a wider trend in India of young people’s reluctance to pursue farming as an occupation, the experience of young farmers in Madhya Pradesh provides evidence to the contrary. This case study of two districts in Madhya Pradesh suggests that several young farmers, given a choice, would rather engage in agriculture as a full-time activity. In this, the main barriers for young farmers are in the form of larger constraints such as water availability, the quality of land, and these farmers’ limited ability to expand farm size through land purchase. To be sure, several young farmers feel stuck in agriculture and are waiting to find off-farm jobs. Even for this group of farmers, however, agriculture seems to provide a fallback option, in a context where these off-farm jobs are difficult to obtain and often are of poor quality. As in many other contexts, significant differences exist between young men and women in terms of their aspirations to become farmers and their ability to fulfill these aspirations. 2023-11-08 2024-03-14T12:08:51Z 2024-03-14T12:08:51Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140057 en https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15233-7_8 Open Access Springer Narayanan, Sudha. 2023.“I had to bear this burden”: Youth transcending constraints to become farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India. In Becoming A Young Farmer: Young People’s Pathways Into Farming: Canada, China, India and Indonesia, ed. Sharada Srinivasan. Chapter 10, Pp. 277-302. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15233-7_10 |
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| title | “I had to bear this burden”: Youth transcending constraints to become farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India |
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| title_short | “I had to bear this burden”: Youth transcending constraints to become farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India |
| title_sort | i had to bear this burden youth transcending constraints to become farmers in madhya pradesh india |
| topic | youth employment farmers youth water availability agriculture livelihoods land rural areas |
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